Blogs from Saint-Martin-de-Belleville, Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe

Not only was today officially Brett's buck’s and Alana's hen’s day, it was also Edyn’s 1st birthday. What an amazing achievement...mostly for us but kind of for Edyn as well! It’s been such a wonderful year and she is such a beautiful, amazing girl whom we love so, so dearly. She’s taken a few steps and I don’t think it will be long before we’re calling her a toddler. We love you Eda-boo! This morning after lots of cuddles for our baby girl, off the boys went for a crazy skiing day, with Brett dressed in a fantastic 80’s ski suit complete with zinc, a la Squirrel from Hot Dog the ski movie, of which the boys are die hard fans. And just to make sure people knew, they made him wear some tightie-whities (undies) on ... read more

Boxing day started with a mad dash to pack everything before having to vacate our wonderful apartment. We got on the road and headed south to the Alps. Our skiing odyssey, for which we had planned for months was about to begin. Thankfully we were all so buzzed about the week to come, because no sooner had we entered the motorway, than we drew to a halt. The holiday traffic heading to the Alps on Boxing Day was tragic. The motorway was a car park, there were mountains of toll booths and what should have taken 3 hours, took 5! But we couldn’t be disheartened! We were just happy to be surrounded by white stuff! We eventually made it by early afternoon and were certainly not disappointed. The village of St Martin De Belleville is one ... read more